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Old 04-30-2013, 11:09 AM   #1332
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Just heard a nasty rumour that the Air Cadet gliding program is in danger of being totally cancelled effective September 1 (i.e. after this summer's class) because of budget cutbacks. Here's hoping that's not the case. It would be a damn shame for the country to lose such a wonderful program that gave so many Canadians their start in aviation (Chris Hadfield being probably the most well-known example).
Whelp, looks like they're more than just rumours if the CBC is reporting it and Peter MacKay is being asked about it during question period.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-s...r-program.html
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